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Mathematicians say these 60-sided dice are the fairest in the world. Designing them took 15 years.


A team of mathematicians discovered that five 60-sided dice, arranged with exactly the right numbers, can determine a perfectly fair turn order for any group of players, with zero chance of a tie.

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